Chinese symbol for “salamander”
蝾螈
róng yuán
Traditional: 蠑螈
salamander; newt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for salamander is 蝾螈 (róng yuán), defined as: salamander; newt.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “salamander”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螈 | yuán | salamander; newt |
| 蝾 (蠑) | róng | salamander |
| 火蜥蜴 | huǒ xī yì | salamander |
| 鲵 (鯢) | ní | Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蝾螈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杰利蝾螈 (傑利蠑螈) | jié lì róng yuán | (loanword) gerrymander |
| 大蝾螈 (大蠑螈) | dà róng yuán | Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus) |
| 洞螈 | dòng yuán | olm (Proteus anguinus) |
| 瘰螈 | luǒ yuán | triton |
See also: Japanese symbol for “salamander”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.